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Executive Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team

Michael Clarke
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Michael Clarke, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Michael Clarke, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

With over 20 years’ leadership experience in international business, Mike has an outstanding track record at some of the world’s iconic consumer goods companies. He has held senior executive roles at Kraft Foods, where he was President of the Company’s European business and sat on the global operating board, The Coca-Cola Company and Reebok International. Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer of the UK publicly listed company Premier Foods plc, where he led a significant turnaround of the business.

Robert Foye
Chief Operating Officer & President Americas

Chief Operating Officer & President Americas

Chief Operating Officer & President Americas

As President of the Americas, Robert leads the TWE business in this key region, as well as overseeing the Company’s major operating units globally in his role as Chief Operating Officer. Robert joined Treasury Wine Estates in September 2014 in the role of President and Managing Director of Asia and Europe, bringing extensive experience from several senior executive positions held with The Coca-Cola Company over 22+ years. He was Vice President, Customer & Commercial of Coca-Cola's Asia Pacific Region. An avid wine enthusiast, he has more than 24 years of beverages experience and a proven track record of delivering strong and sustainable profit growth.

Bob joined Treasury Wine Estates in January 2015 as Chief Supply Officer, with extensive experience in leading and optimising complex supply chains across a diverse range of industries, and a proven track record of building efficient and commercially focused teams. Bob started his supply chain career with Sara Lee’s Household and Personal Care business in the United Kingdom before moving to ICI Paints as their European Supply Chain Director, where he also held the position of Managing Director of the UK and Ireland Paints business. He was also previously Group Supply Chain Director for Premier Foods plc, and Chief Executive Officer of Hovis Ltd. Bob was appointed President Americas in February 2016 and led this region through an important period of transformation, including the integration of the Diageo wine business. Bob has taken up the role of Managing Director, Global Strategic Initiatives, Systems and Processes based out of Australia.

Angus McPherson
Managing Director – Australia & New Zealand

Angus McPherson, Managing Director – Australia & New Zealand

Angus McPherson, Managing Director – Australia & New Zealand

Angus leads the TWE business across Australia & New Zealand, with the ambition to drive the ANZ team to a consumer and customer centric organisation, extracting full value from TWE’s portfolio of brands, whilst providing solutions to exceed our customer’s growth objectives. Angus has many years of international experience in the global wine industry, working across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Prior to joining TWE, Angus held senior leadership roles at Casella Family Brands and Brown Forman. He has a proven track record of building brand equity, and driving and delivering long term sustainable volume growth.

Megan Collins
Chief People & Communications Officer

Megan Collins, Chief People & Communications Officer

Megan Collins, Chief People & Communications Officer

Megan joined Treasury Wine Estates in January 2013 as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously, Megan held various HR Leadership roles within the Financial Services and Banking sector, most recently as the General Manager People & Culture at Business Bank at the NAB. Prior to this Megan spent 15 years with General Electric in both the United States and Australia, most recently as the Vice President Human Resources at GE Capital Australia & New Zealand where she led the HR team through significant periods of organisational growth and change.

Michelle Terry
Chief Marketing Officer

Michelle Terry, Chief Marketing Officer

Michelle Terry, Chief Marketing Officer

Michelle was appointed Chief Marketing Officer on 1 March 2018, after more than 10 years in various senior marketing and strategy roles across TWE and Foster’s Group. Michelle has led marketing across every geography of the TWE business, including the Asia and Americas regions. She brings a wealth of international strategic and brand building experience, along with strong leadership capability. Michelle has more than 20 years’ experience in marketing for consumer goods, retail and professional services, working for blue chip organisations including Marks & Spencer, Accenture and Ernst & Young.

Linnsey Caya
Chief Legal Officer & Global General Counsel

Linnsey Caya, Chief Legal Officer & Global General Counsel

Linnsey Caya, Chief Legal Officer & Global General Counsel

Linnsey joined Treasury Wine Estates as Chief Legal Officer and Group General Counsel in September 2016, bringing more than 17 years’ global legal executive and commercial experience. Most recently Linnsey held the role of Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at Quiksilver, a global brand-focused apparel and footwear company. She has extensive experience across all aspects of legal and governance with listed companies, including legal, strategy, mergers and acquisitions and commercial negotiations. Linnsey started her legal career in private practice specialising in corporate transactional and securities matters. Linnsey has a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Boston College, and is a member of the State Bar of California.

Gunther Burghardt
Executive President, Operations – Americas

Gunther Burghardt, Executive President, Operations – Americas

Gunther Burghardt, Executive President, Operations – Americas

Gunther was appointed Executive President, Operations – Americas in May 2018 and is accountable for leading all corporate and supply chain functions in the Americas. Gunther has deep commercial knowledge of the business, having worked at TWE for more than eight years, holding various senior roles across the Company, including Chief Financial Officer. In his time with TWE, and previously Foster’s Group, he has been CFO for every region of the business, including global marketing and supply chain. Bringing an incredible combination of technical finance capability along with excellent leadership capability, Gunther’s career spans more than two decades in the consumer goods sector, previously at Mondelez International (formerly Kraft Foods), Reckitt Benckiser and Proctor & Gamble.

Matt Young
Chief Financial Officer

Matt Young, Chief Financial Officer

Matt Young, Chief Financial Officer

Matt was appointed Chief Financial Officer in May 2018, after several years in various senior finance roles across TWE, including leading the global financial control team, and his most recent position as Deputy CFO. Prior to joining TWE, Matt was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, providing commercial support to complex, global organisations in the FMCG and Retail industries. Matt holds a Bachelor of Commerce, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne, he is also a member of the Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.

Tim Ford
Managing Director Europe, SEAMEA & Global Supply Chain

Tim Ford, Managing Director Europe, SEAMEA & Global Supply Chain

Tim Ford, Managing Director Europe, SEAMEA & Global Supply Chain

Tim took on responsibility for TWE’s Europe, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa regions in May 2017, in addition to his role as Director of Global Supply, which he has held since February 2016 based in Australia. Tim joined Treasury Wines Estates in March 2011, and in February 2014 moved to the US to take the role of Senior Vice President, Supply Americas region. In this role, he led the team responsible for all supply chain functions across the Americas, sitting on both the Global Supply Leadership Team and the Americas Leadership Team. Before his move to the US, Tim was Global Director of Logistics with overall accountability for the service, quality and cost of distributing 30m+ cases of wine. Prior to this, Tim worked at National Foods across multiple business functions (GM logistics & planning, GGM Juice & Drinks Category, Director Juice & Beverages Marketing) as well as at CUB in a variety of supply chain roles, from production to logistics.

Victoria Snyder assumed the role of Executive Vice-President Strategic Initiatives & General Manager Canada in May 2017. Victoria leads the development of global initiatives to drive TWE’s overall business strategy. In addition, she leads our Canadian business.
Victoria joined Treasury Wine Estates (Foster’s) in 2005 and has held multiple senior roles within the business, demonstrating strong commercial acumen and leadership in both the US and Australia. She has worked across pricing, commercial strategy, supply chain and most recently in sales as Senior Vice President of Sales North America. Prior to TWE, Victoria worked in management consulting at McKinsey & Company and holds a PhD in Science and Engineering.

Peter Dixon
Managing Director North Asia & Global Travel Retail

Peter Dixon, Managing Director North Asia & Global Travel Retail

Peter Dixon, Managing Director North Asia & Global Travel Retail

Peter has more than fifteen years’ experience in the wine industry in Asia. He joined TWE in 2008 and has held senior roles based in Singapore, Hong Kong and now Shanghai. In his role as Managing Director for North Asia and Global Travel Retail, Peter is responsible for leading the TWE business in a region of considerable growth and opportunity. With a strong understanding of this market, Peter excels at developing strong customer partnerships, strengthening TWE’s route to market and taking a consumer-led approach to building brands.

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